Austin Police Department

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Austin Police Department
Abbreviation APD
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Patch of the Austin Police Department
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Badge of the Austin Police Department
Agency overview
Employees 2300
Annual budget $283 million
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Austin in the state of Texas, USA
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Map of Austin Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size 296.2 square miles (767 km2)
Population 743,074 (2007)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Austin, Texas
Agency executive Art Acevedo, Chief of Police
Website
Austin Police
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Austin Police Department (APD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving Austin, Texas, United States. As of Fiscal Year 2010, the agency had an annual budget of more than $283 million and employed around 2,300 personnel, including approximately 1,600 officers.[1] Art Acevedo[2] was appointed as the APD's eighth chief of police in June 2007.[3]

Specialized units

  • Air Support Unit
  • Auto Theft Interdiction Unit
  • Chaplain
  • Child Abuse Unit
  • Cold Case Unit
  • Decentralized Investigations
  • Digital Analysis Response Team (DART-formerly the Computer Forensics and High Tech Crimes Units)
  • DWI Enforcement Team
  • Executive Protection Unit
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Family Violence Protection Team
  • Financial Crimes Unit
  • Gang Suppression Unit
  • Homicide
  • Honor Guard
  • Human Trafficking Unit
  • Internal Affairs
  • K9 Unit
  • Lake Patrol Boat Unit
  • License & Weight
  • Mounted Patrol Horse Unit
  • Peer Support Unit
  • Property Management
  • Public Safety Unit (Airport Police, Park Rangers, Downtown Rangers)
  • Recruiting
  • Risk Management Unit
  • Robbery Unit
  • Sex Crimes Unit
  • Special Events Unit
  • Special Investigations Unit
  • Special Weapons & Tactics (SWAT)
  • Traffic Enforcement
  • Training Academy
  • Vehicular Homicide Unit
  • Victim Services

Patrol divisions

  • Northwest Area Command
  • North Central Area Command
  • Northeast Area Command
  • Central West Area Command
  • Downtown Area Command
  • Central East Area Command
  • Southwest Area Command
  • South Central Area Command
  • Southeast Area Command
  • Highway Enforcement Command [4]

Ranks

Rank Insignia [1]
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Chief of Staff US-O9 insignia.svg
Assistant Chief US-O8 insignia.svg
Commander US-O7 insignia.svg
Lieutenant US-O2 insignia.svg
Sergeant (10+ years in rank)

Sergeant (less than 10 years in rank)

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LAPD Sergeant-1.jpg
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Senior Police Officer N/A

Facilities

Notes

  1. http://www.austintexas.gov/department/police
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  4. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/police/about.htm

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